A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed

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For more than fifty years, Jack Reed, Sr. (b. 1924) has been a voice of reason in Mississippi–speaking from his platform as a prominent businessman and taking leadership roles in education, race relations, economic and community development, or even church governance.

Hardly one to follow the established order, Reed at all times delivered his speeches with a big dose of good cheer. His audiences, although, didn’t at all times reciprocate, especially in his early years when he spoke out on behalf of public education and racial equality. His willingness to take part in civic affairs and his oratorical skills led him to leadership roles at state, regional, and national levels–including the presidency of the Mississippi Economic Council, chairmanship of President George H. W. Bush’s National Advisory Council on Education, and charter membership at the United Methodist Church Commission on Religion and Race.

A Time to Speak brings together more than a dozen of Reed’s speeches over a fifty-year period (1956-2007). The Tupelo businessman discusses the events surrounding his talks about race relations within his church, his deep involvement in education along with his close friend Governor William Winter and with President George H. W. Bush, and his own campaign for governor as a Republican in 1987. Danny McKenzie places this original subject material in historical context. A Time to Speak illustrates how a private citizen with courage can effect positive change.

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